High School Sports

The Region III-AAA champion Lancaster Bruins will compete in the Class AAA state meet at the University of South Carolina Natatorium on Saturday, Oct. 17.
Lancaster, led by co-head coaches Midenna Anderson and David Taylor, was slated to compete in the annual meet in Columbia on Saturday, Oct. 10, but the meet was moved to Oct. 17 due to the flooding in the Columbia area.
Lancaster High has a host of swimmers slated to compete in the field.
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INDIAN LAND – If it seems Indian Land High School senior offensive guard Dakota Brigman embraces his role as a Warriors’ offensive lineman, he does.
Brigman does enjoy his role in the trenches, but he’s known that for a while.
“Growing up, there are those glamour positions in football, like quarterback, or running back or wide receiver,” he said.
Don’t even go there with Brigman, a 6-1, 245-pound IL line veteran.
Since his early days of organized football, he’s always been on the line.

RICHBURG – A quartet of Lancaster County football players was honored at the week seven meeting of the Tri-County Football Coaches Association meeting held Tuesday, Oct. 13 at the Front Porch Restaurant in Richburg.
The county players selected for honors included Andrew Jackson High’s Heath Gandy and Dalton McKittrick along with Lancaster High School’s C.D. Catoe and Caleb Funderburk.

The Lancaster Lady Bruins, 20-1, 8-0, are looking to wrap up their second straight Region III-AAA volleyball championship.
LHS, in action last week, posted two home wins, topping South Pointe and Clinton.
LHS visited Chester on Tuesday, Oct. 13 and hosts Broome to wrap up regular-season play on Thursday, Oct. 15.
Lancaster, in the win over South Pointe High School, was led by Hayden Thorne’s seven kills.
Keyotta Garris and Amirah Steward each had five kills.

Buford High School has tapped into the college ranks for its new boys basketball coach.
Raheem Waller, an Atlanta native who has coached 10 years in various levels of college basketball, was introduced as the Jackets’ new basketball coach Thursday, Oct. 8 in the BHS auditorium.

Week eight of the 2015 Lancaster County football season features a host of pivotal clashes Friday, Oct. 16.
Lancaster and Buford will be in quest of wins to boost their region title and playoff chances.
Andrew Jackson and Indian Land will be seeking victories to aid their postseason hopes.
Lancaster ventures to Rock Hill to battle defending Region III-AAA champion South Pointe, while Buford, in its annual homecoming game, will face Central as the Jackets seek to stay unbeaten in Region IV-AA play.

PROSPERITY – The month-long odyssey for the Indian Land Warriors continued on Friday night, Oct. 9 against the Mid-Carolina Rebels, and once again the Warriors had trouble getting started.
The host Rebels, led by Terrence Long, bolted to a 28-0 lead en route to 54-30 non-region win over the visiting Warriors, who dropped their third straight loss.
Long’s first rush, the opening play from scrimmage, went 75 yards for a touchdown.

KERSHAW – Andrew Jackson parlayed a strong defense and a balanced offense to give first-year Volunteers’ coach C.J. Frye his first home victory against Region IV-AA rival North Central, 35-15.
“I am so proud of the effort this team gave tonight, “ Frye said. “Every time we needed a big play, our defense responded. Plus, we were pretty balanced on offense.
“This group is exciting to watch when we play with this kind of desire,” added Frye. “ We still have to work on penalties.”

CHESTERFIELD – The saying goes, a good defense will beat a good offense and the Buford Yellow Jackets proved that to be true Friday night when they handed the 10th-ranked Chesterfield Rams their second loss of the season, 31-23.
With the win Buford, 5-2, 4-0, sits atop Region IV AA after the surging Jackets’ fourth straight region win.
The pass-happy Chesterfield offense was stymied throughout the game by the stingy Buford defense. The Rams didn’t have an offensive score until five minutes left to play.

CLINTON – With the game on the line, Lancaster put it on the line and delivered with a tough 24-16 win over Clinton in a Region III-AAA football game Friday night, Oct. 9 at Wilder Stadium in Clinton.
LHS, ranked No. 8 in the Class AAA state poll, was locked in a battle with the Red Devils, who trailed 17-16 in the final period.
The Bruins, 7-0, 2-0, then turned to its potent ground attack to grind out a decisive 13-play, 78-yard drive.